What about the RVIA Sticker ?

ol Bombero-JC wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:

JaxDad wrote:
Wow, SO much misinformation here!!

The RVIA certification label is in most jurisdictions a legal requirement under life safety regulations.

Are you going to get arrested for removing it? Not likely. But if something ever happened, God forbid, you might regret removing it.

In some jurisdictions it's actually illegal to rent or sell an RV without that certification label.

can you please back this up with some kind of real documentation.

Please name *one* "jurisdiction* in the USA where it's required, so the statement can be verified.

OP - two easy steps to prevent the sky from falling:

1. Call the mfgr and see if you can get a replacement.
If not - proceed to number 2.

2. Take a digital pic of the sticker. Contact any of the many
businesses that make custom decals.
If that's too expensive - make your own from the pic, cover with
clear adhesive covering.

If you ignore these -or any of the other sky is falling posts- be prepared for the RVIA sticker police to evict you from campgrounds, impound your RV, and imprison you at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - without
any future booking (for exit) via a Carnival Cruise liner or a 14 ft runabout..:R

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2. Take a digital pic of the existing pic.

taking a picture is almost impossible. Mebbe I'll call Winnebago, but it's either going to look right or it's not going on, I'm spending WAY too much to restore this. In the meantime I inherited the deed to beach property in Pinar Del Rio from my Grandfather. Might be nice to get a free trip to Cuba to see it cept' it's on the other side of the island from the big house.. :)

No offense, but Canada has as many if not more silly regulations than California. Those Canadian requirements are exactly that, Canadian requirements.

Pretty simple, RVIA is a standard that RV's must meet. If you drive a factory built RV into a campground, it will be a given that it's RVIA approved with or without an RVIA label. The only units that may come under scrutiny would be home made units or conversion units, where it's unknown if safety standards have been followed.

JaxDad wrote:
Wow, SO much misinformation here!!

The RVIA certification label is in most jurisdictions a legal requirement under life safety regulations.

Are you going to get arrested for removing it? Not likely. But if something ever happened, God forbid, you might regret removing it.

In some jurisdictions it's actually illegal to rent or sell an RV without that certification label.

Which ones? Are any actually in the United States?

The example he gave has nothing to do with the US RVIA sticker program, only the Canadian certification program. In fact, US RV's imported into Canada have to pass their inspection even if they do have an RVIA sticker. He has not shown an example of any US government entity requiring an RVIA sticker. There are several smaller manufacturers, as well as some high end custom RV manufacturers that are not members of the RVIA, and their products do not display the sticker. There are legal requirements for US RV's to meet certain ANSI/NFPA and NHTSA standards, but there is no legal requirement that an RVIA sticker be applied to an RV.

With all due respect, he did say that in "some" jurisdictions it might have consequences. And then he gave you one example. Why are you expecting him to do a bunch of research to try to further prove his statement?

Bird Freak wrote:

JaxDad wrote:
Wow, SO much misinformation here!!

The RVIA certification label is in most jurisdictions a legal requirement under life safety regulations.

Are you going to get arrested for removing it? Not likely. But if something ever happened, God forbid, you might regret removing it.

In some jurisdictions it's actually illegal to rent or sell an RV without that certification label.

can you please back this up with some kind of real documentation.

Please name *one* "jurisdiction* in the USA where it's required, so the statement can be verified.

OP - two easy steps to prevent the sky from falling:

1. Call the mfgr and see if you can get a replacement.
If not - proceed to number 2.

2. Take a digital pic of the sticker. Contact any of the many
businesses that make custom decals.
If that's too expensive - make your own from the pic, cover with
clear adhesive covering.

If you ignore these -or any of the other sky is falling posts- be prepared for the RVIA sticker police to evict you from campgrounds, impound your RV, and imprison you at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - without
any future booking (for exit) via a Carnival Cruise liner or a 14 ft runabout..:R

~



2. Take a digital pic of the existing pic.

JaxDad wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:

JaxDad wrote:
Wow, SO much misinformation here!!

The RVIA certification label is in most jurisdictions a legal requirement under life safety regulations.

Are you going to get arrested for removing it? Not likely. But if something ever happened, God forbid, you might regret removing it.

In some jurisdictions it's actually illegal to rent or sell an RV without that certification label.

can you please back this up with some kind of real documentation.

No problem, just as an example because I had it bookmarked after a long contentious thread last year, see page 2 of the info from the Province of Manitoba below.

Manitoba Fire Safety Brochure

The certification labels BTW show that the vehicle complies with NFPA 1192 standards for things like heating, cooking and electrical systems. The RVIA act as an industry auditing and enforcement body, they can revoke a manufacturers ability to certify units if the don't comply with the standards.

In an (obviously stationary) S & B all that is covered by the building permit inspections. In a highly portable RV there would be no easy way to do that.

As we are talking about someone in the USA im not sure your Manitoba info applys here. I still saw nothing about being illegal to sell a used coach with out sticker. Just saying a lot of your laws there do not apply here.:)

For some reason the manufacturer did not put the RVIA sticker on our new rig. Ran into an issue with our furnace while travelling. The repair dealer noticed our sticker was missing and said had he noticed before he would not have worked on the rig. We notified selling dealer and he got the sticker for us. We did have the paper work about the sticker in our package from the dealer.

Bird Freak wrote:

JaxDad wrote:
Wow, SO much misinformation here!!

The RVIA certification label is in most jurisdictions a legal requirement under life safety regulations.

Are you going to get arrested for removing it? Not likely. But if something ever happened, God forbid, you might regret removing it.

In some jurisdictions it's actually illegal to rent or sell an RV without that certification label.

can you please back this up with some kind of real documentation.

No problem, just as an example because I had it bookmarked after a long contentious thread last year, see page 2 of the info from the Province of Manitoba below.

Manitoba Fire Safety Brochure

The certification labels BTW show that the vehicle complies with NFPA 1192 standards for things like heating, cooking and electrical systems. The RVIA act as an industry auditing and enforcement body, they can revoke a manufacturers ability to certify units if the don't comply with the standards.

In an (obviously stationary) S & B all that is covered by the building permit inspections. In a highly portable RV there would be no easy way to do that.

Bird Freak wrote:

JaxDad wrote:
Wow, SO much misinformation here!!

The RVIA certification label is in most jurisdictions a legal requirement under life safety regulations.

Are you going to get arrested for removing it? Not likely. But if something ever happened, God forbid, you might regret removing it.

In some jurisdictions it's actually illegal to rent or sell an RV without that certification label.

can you please back this up with some kind of real documentation.

I would be most appreciative too for that knowledge! Thanks!